{"id":186715,"date":"2026-04-06T02:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186715\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:25:11","slug":"alligator-delays-delta-flight-taking-off-from-savannah-hilton-head-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186715\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligator delays Delta flight taking off from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Delta flight was delayed after a massive alligator plopped itself on the taxiway of a Georgia airport, according to reports. <\/p>\n

Recently unearthed air traffic control audio captured the unusual moment the Delta pilot noticed the lazing gator at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on the evening of March 20, WDSU reported. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"AA Delta flight was delayed after a massive alligator plopped itself on a taxiway at Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a six-foot gator sitting on his two legs,\u201d the pilot said over the radio. <\/p>\n

\u201cSix foot?\u201d the tower controller asked, to which the pilot replied, \u201cYeah. He\u2019s about six foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just laid down,\u201d the pilot added. <\/p>\n

\"AnThe alligator was safely removed and relocated outside the airport grounds. Getty Images\/National Geographic<\/p>\n

Airport crew responded and safely removed the alligator to the airport, then relocated it outside the airport grounds, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

No one was injured during the incident, authorities added. It\u2019s unclear how the alligator managed to wander into the airport unchecked.<\/p>\n

Flight operations resumed shortly after the reptile was removed, the outlet said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Delta flight was delayed after a massive alligator plopped itself on the taxiway of a Georgia airport,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3346,3347,74901,8599,5348,9,11,10,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-186715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-air-travel","9":"tag-airports","10":"tag-alligators","11":"tag-delta-airlines","12":"tag-georgia","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}